Martin - how did this go?I've just started making a kombucha, I used the live dregs from a store bought bottle of kombucha, used lose leaf tea, a cup of sugar, and filled up with water in a 1 gal tapped jug. I will use the hydrometer to work out when to bottle it. don't want it too vinegary.

I'd never thought of making alco-tea but I suppose there's no reason you couldn't make fermented iced tea (not including the bacteria)? Honey and green tea go well so I wonder about a green-tea mead?! Or what about fermented sweet coffee?

it's not classed as alcoholic. You only use 1 cup of sugar per gallon of tea, and the SCOBY actually converts the alcohol once produced, into other things (vinegars?) final abv is < 0.5%

Mine got an infection (blue mould), so I'll have to chuck it, and buy another bottle of live kombucha from a shop, and culture another scoby starter. I'm gutted as it was just starting to taste interesting.